Today Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley sends refers another fraudulent accuser of Justice Brett Kavanaugh for investigation and prosecution. In his letter to the FBI and DOJ the chairman notes: " I am writing to refer Ms. Judy Munro-Leighton for investigation of potential violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1001 (materially false statements) and 1505 (obstruction), for materially false statements she made to the Committee during the course of the Committee’s investigation."

The Honorable Jeff Sessions The Honorable Christopher A. Wray

Dear Attorney General Sessions and Director Wray:

I am once again writing regarding fabricated allegations the United States SenateCommittee on the Judiciary recently received. As you know, the Senate Judiciary Committeeprocessed the nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to serve as an Associate Justice on theSupreme Court of the United States, leading to his eventual confirmation on October 6, 2018. Aspart of that process, the Committee has investigated various allegations made against JudgeKavanaugh. The Committee’s investigation has involved communicating with numerousindividuals claiming to have relevant information. While many of those individuals have providedthe Committee information in good faith, it unfortunately appears some have not. As explainedbelow, I am writing to refer Ms. Judy Munro-Leighton for investigation of potential violations of18 U.S.C. §§ 1001 (materially false statements) and 1505 (obstruction), for materially falsestatements she made to the Committee during the course of the Committee’s investigation.

On September 25, 2018, staffers for Senator Harris, a Committee member, referred anundated handwritten letter to Committee investigators that her California office had receivedsigned under the alias “Jane Doe” from Oceanside, California.1 The letter contained highly graphicsexual-assault accusations against Judge Kavanaugh. The anonymous accuser alleged that JusticeKavanaugh and a friend had raped her “several times each” in the backseat of a car. In addition tobeing from an anonymous accuser, the letter listed no return address, failed to provide anytimeframe, and failed to provide any location -- beyond an automobile -- in which these allegedincidents took place.

Regardless, Committee staff quickly began investigating the claims as part of the broaderinvestigation, hindered by the limited information provided. On September 26, 2018, Committeestaff questioned Judge Kavanaugh about these allegations in a transcribed interview conducted

under penalty of felony.2 They read him the letter in full as part of the questioning.3 In responseto the anonymous allegations, Judge Kavanaugh unequivocally stated: “[T]he whole thing isridiculous. Nothing ever -- anything like that, nothing . . . . [T]he whole thing is just a crock, farce,wrong, didn’t happen, not anything close.”4 Later that day, September 26th, the Committeepublicly released the transcript of that interview with Judge Kavanaugh, which included the fulltext of the Jane Doe letter.5

Then, on October 3, 2018, Committee staff received an email from a Ms. Judy Munro-Leighton with a subject line claiming: “I am Jane Doe from Oceanside CA -- Kavanaugh rapedme.”6 Ms. Munro-Leighton wrote that she was “sharing with you the story of the night that BrettKavanaugh and his friend sexually assaulted and raped me in his car” and referred to “the letterthat I sent to Sen. Kamala Harris on Sept. 19 with details of this vicious assault.” She continued: “Iknow that [‘]Jane Doe[’] will get no media attention, but I am deathly afraid of revealing anyinformation about myself or my family.” She then included a typed version of the Jane Doe letter.

Committee investigators began investigating Ms. Munro-Leighton’s allegations. Given her

relatively unique name, Committee investigators were able to use open-source research to locateMs. Munro-Leighton and determine that she: (1) is a left-wing activist; (2) is decades older thanJudge Kavanaugh; and (3) lives in neither the Washington DC area nor California, but in Kentucky.In order to investigate her sexual-assault claims, Committee investigators first attempted to reachher by phone on October 3, 2018, but were unsuccessful. On October 29, Committee investigatorsagain attempted contact, leaving a voicemail. In response, Ms. Munro-Leighton left Committeeinvestigators a voicemail on November 1, 2018.

Leighton by phone and spoke with her about the sexual-assault allegations against JudgeKavanaugh she had made to the Committee. Under questioning by Committee investigators, Ms.Munro-Leighton admitted, contrary to her prior claims, that she had not been sexually assaultedby Judge Kavanaugh and was not the author of the original “Jane Doe” letter. When directly askedby Committee investigators if she was, as she had claimed, the “Jane Doe” from OceansideCalifornia who had sent the letter to Senator Harris, she admitted: “No, no, no. I did that as a wayto grab attention. I am not Jane Doe . . . but I did read Jane Doe’s letter. I read the transcript ofthe call to your Committee. . . . I saw it online. It was news.”

She further confessed to Committee investigators that (1) she “just wanted to get attention”;(2) “it was a tactic”; and (3) “that was just a ploy.” She told Committee investigators that she hadcalled Congress multiple times during the Kavanaugh hearing process – including prior to the timeDr. Ford’s allegations surfaced – to oppose his nomination. Regarding the false sexual-assault

allegation she made via her email to the Committee, she said: “I was angry, and I sent it out.”When asked by Committee investigators whether she had ever met Judge Kavanaugh, she said:“Oh Lord, no.”

In short, during the Committee’s time-sensitive investigation of allegations against Judge

Kavanaugh, Ms. Munro-Leighton submitted a fabricated allegation, which diverted Committeeresources. When questioned by Committee investigators she admitted it was false, a “ploy,” anda “tactic.” She was opposed to Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation.

As I have repeatedly stated, Committee investigations in support of the judicial nomination

process are an essential part of the Committee’s constitutional role. The Committee is grateful tocitizens who come forward with relevant information in good faith, even if they are not onehundred percent sure about what they know. But when individuals intentionally mislead theCommittee, they divert Committee resources during time-sensitive investigations and materiallyimpede our work. Such acts are not only unfair; they are potentially illegal. It is illegal to makematerially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements to Congressional investigators. It is illegal toobstruct Committee investigations.

Accordingly, in light of the seriousness of these facts, and the threat these types of actionspose to the Committee’s ability to perform its constitutional duties, I hope you will give thisreferral the utmost consideration. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. If you haveany questions, please contact a professional investigative counsel in the Committee’s Oversightand Investigations Unit at (202) 224-5225.

Begin forwarded message:

From: Judy Munro-Leighton < >

Date: October 3, 2018 at 6:42:35 AM EDT To:

Subject: I am Jane Doe from Oceanside CA -- Kavanaugh raped me

Reply-To:

To all Republican Senators, 10/3/18

My name is Jane Doe, from Oceanside CA. I am sharing with you the story of the night that Brett Kavanaugh and his friend sexually assaulted and raped me in his car. Here is the letter that I sent to Sen. Kamala Harris on Sept. 19 with details of this vicious assault. The Senate Judiciary Comm had a phone interview on Sept. 26 with Kavanaugh to ask him about my letter. I refuse to allow Donald J. Trump to use me or my story as an ugly chant at one of his Republican rallies. I know that Jane Doe will get no media attention, but I am deathly afraid of revealing any information about myself or my family. I watched in horror as Trump vilified Dr. Blasey-Ford. I will not allow this abuse to be directed toward me.

Dear, Senator Grassley, et al.

The current situation regarding the accusations made by Dr. Ford

against Brett Kavanaugh have prompted me to write you today. I have moved on with my life since he forced himself on me as well. The times were so different, and I didn’t expect to be taken seriously, embarrass my family, be believed at all. I was at a party with a friend. I had been drinking. She left with another boy, leaving me to find my own way home. Kavanaugh and a friend offered me a ride home. I don’t know the other boy’s name. I was in his car to go home. His friend was behind me in the backseat. Kavanaugh kissed me forcefully.

I told him I only wanted a ride home. Kavanaugh continued to grope

me over my clothes, forcing his kisses on me and putting his hand under my sweater. ‘No,’ I yelled at him. The boy in the backseat reached around, putting his hand over my mouth and holding my armto keep me in the car. I screamed into his hand. Kavanaugh continuedhis forcing himself on me. He pulled up my sweater and bra exposingmy breasts, and reached into my panties, inserting his fingers into myvagina. My screams were silenced by the boy in the backseatcovering my mouth and groping me as well. Kavanaugh slapped meand told me to be quiet and forced me to perform oral sex on him. Heclimaxed in my mouth. They forced me to go into the backseat andtook turns raping me several times each.

They dropped me off two blocks from my home. ‘No one will believeif you tell. Be a good girl,’ he told me. Watching what has happenedto Anita Hill and Dr. Ford has me petrified to come forward in personor even provide my name. A group of white men, powerful senatorswho won’t believe me, will come after me. Like Dr. Ford, I’m ateacher, I have an education, a family, a child, a home. I havecredibility. Just because something happens a long time ago, becausea rape victim doesn’t want to personally come forward, does notmean something can’t be true.